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Mining & the mines, 1880

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Mining News

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1880 · page 3

The Under Secretary for Mines yesterday received the following telegram from the Warden's Clerk, Uralla:--" The secretary of the Bullion Gold Mining Company, Rocky River, reports having bottomed their…

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A New Mode of Mining Transit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1880 · page 6

An experiment was mado on Tuesday afternoon, at tis engineering works of Messrs. Mort and Co., with's new method of tramway specially adapted to mining industries, and from the satisfactory nature of the trial there is reason…

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A Rich Goldfield

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1880 · page 2

URALLA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Mines has received the following telegram:—"The secretary Bullion Gold-mining Company, Rocky River, reports having bottomed…

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The Newcastle Colliery Difficulty

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. — The Associated Colliery Masters have decided on reducing the price of coal and the wages paid to miners on and after the 12th of April next to the following scale:…

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New Lambton Colliery Dispute

Evening News · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 2

The equity appeals is connection with the New Lambton colliery dispute are being continued before their Honors Mr. Justice Hargrave, Mr. Justice Faucett, and Mr. Justice Windeyer. During the…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 4

MOUNTAIN MAID G. M. Co., COPELAND.—The manager writes on the 16th:—" The crushing of 310 tons was completed on the 9th instant, and on the 10th I lodged in the bank, to be forwarded by escort, [?] oz. 17…

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The Northern Coal Trade. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.] Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 5

The Associated Colliery Masters have decided on reducing the price of coal and the wages paid to miners on and after the 12th of April next to the following scale: — Best screened coal, 10s. per ton;…

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Reduction in the Price of Coal at Newcastle. [By Electric Telegraph.] Newcastle

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 March 1880 · page 3

What I foreshadowed in a letter to your journal last December is at last to take place. Since the beginning of the year it has been generally rumoured that coal would be reduced in price, but to what…

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Coal Mining Difficulty at Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The export of coal from Newcastle for the past week amounted to 17,615 tons. The announcement that the price of coal is to be lowered after April 12 next, was what…

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New Gold Mining Company at Copeland

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 543

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the prospectus of a mining company to be known as the Great Northern Gold Mining Company, Copeland; capital £28,000, in 28,000 shares; object, the purchase from the proprietors of a piece…

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Mines and Mining. Mineral Resources and Mines of New South Wales. v. Schools of Mines

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 22

5.—THIS Royal School of Mines in London.—In this school the following courses of lectures are delivered Chemistry, with special reference to its applications in the arts and manufactures, E. Frankland, F.R.S…

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The Staffordshire Colliery Explosion

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 26

On January 21, shortly after 8 o'clock in the morning, an appalling colliery explosion occurred at the Fair Lady pit of the Crowe Coal and iron Company, at Leycett, a small mining village about…

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New Lambton Colliery Dispute

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 11

On Wednesday before their Honors Mr. Justice Hargrave, Mr. Justice Faucett, and Mr. Justice Windeyer, an appeal against an equity decree made by Primary Judge Hargrave in Dibbs v. Brown (No…

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Mining

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 4

LONG TUNNEL G. M. Co.—Mining manager reports for fortnight ending March 16 as follows:—The drive from the rise has been extended 70 feet during the past fortnight, making the total length of drive 195 feet. No perceptible…

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Borings for Coal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 6

The borings for coal in the vicinity of Sydney have been actively but quietly proceeded with, and so far the coveted object—the black diamond—in payable quantities has not been attained, although enormous depths have been reached…

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Newcastle Colliery Difficulty. [By Electric Telegraph.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—At a meeting of the Wallsend miners, held on Friday evening, the proposed conference came on for discussion, when the general secretary, in reply to questions, stated…

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Mining Items

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 567

We are indebted to the Under-Secretary for Mines for the following important telegram, received on Wednesday afternoon:—"From Uralla to the Under-Secretary for Mines.—The Bullion Gold Mining Company,…

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Latest Mining Telegrams

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 11

COPELAND NORTH, Tuesday.—No. 1 Centennial (Scott, Reynolds, and Driscoll) struck a very rick vein, six inches wide, a few days ago in their shaft. Yesterday afternoon, being unable to…

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The Northern Coal Trade. Newcastle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 568

The Associated Colliery Masters have decided on reducing the price of coal and the wages paid to miners on and after the 12th of April next to the following scale:—Best screened coal, 10s. per ton;…

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Mining Items. New South Wales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 March 1880 · page 22

Silver has been discovered on Boggy Creek, Auburn Vale Run; also gold and copper. The specimens have come to Sydney for assay. Several pieces of quartz showing coarse gold freely,…

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